[Aric2000]

Now the problem becomes, how do you tell when there is going to be an earthquake so that you can have the correct equipment in place and monitoring before it occurs....

Talk about a catch 22..;)

[js1138]

Now the problem becomes, how do you tell when there is going to be an earthquake so that you can have the correct equipment in place and monitoring before it occurs....

There is a little town in California that has 24/7/52 monitoring by cameras, laser devices to pick up microtremors, etc., just to answer that very question.

I don't know if all this equipment is still in place.